Container for ice boxes or the like



' March 9,1926. 1,575,906

F. FR EY CONTAINER FOR ICE BOXES OR THE LIKE Original Filed June 8, 1922 IHIIIIIIIII/A I WOR WWTW longitudinal seem]? Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATE 1,575,906 NT OFFICE.

FANNY max, on BROOKLYN, New YORK.

CONTAINER FOR ICE BOXES OR THE LIKE.

Reflle ofabandoned application Serial no. team, filed June a, 1922. This application filed .Tune 27,

' v 1925. Serial No. 40,074.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known thatI, FANNYFREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for Ice Boxes or the like, o f which the following is a specification;

This application is a refile of the application Serial No. 566,678, filed June 8, 1922.

The storing of things in ice boxes hereto fore has been done by placing them in a more or less haphazard manner onto the bottom andishelves of an ice box, either directly or on plates or the like. This method is objectionable not only because of Waste of much space in the ice box, but also because different articles and there y ermitting the odor of some of them to a set the other articles.

The object of this invention is to provide containers or vessels, which can be conveniently accommodated in the ice box and which can be stored or stacked one on top of the other so that the upper containers will form closures for the lower ones and whereby the space in the ice box will be more economically utilized.

It also has for its object to rovide means in the ice box which will facilltate the positioning and removal of the containers or vessels, and which will also permit a proper cooling of the latter. 7

With this and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 1s a of containers constructed accor ing to y invention Fig 2 is a section line 22 of Fig. 1; F1g. 3 1s a side view of'units and medium size containers mounted on a large size container; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of sets of unitcontamers mounted on a multiple size container; Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a somewhat modified construction of a container; Fig. 6 1s a sectional view of anothermodification; and Fig. 7 is a section similar to Fig. 1 showing a container of a larger size mounted on a size.

In carrying out this invention, I provideopen topped containers of glass or other suitable material, preferably of rectangular cross-section. These. containers may be made .in sets of different sizes, all sets being uniform in two dimensions but varying in size in the third dimension, as for instance, width or length. Thus there may be smallestsizes a constituting units, medium sizes a which are small multiples of said units,

. such as double or treble sizes, and largest sizes a3, which are large multi les of said units. Each container is recesse or grooved at'its bottom to form, accordlng to size, one

or more downwardly projecting reduced I portions or pads a each in periphery being shaped and sized to snugly fit in the open "top of a unit. On multiple'size containers of the impossibility of pro erly coveringthe 1 3, may be mounted on a large multiple con tainer' a, or unit containers (1 on a medium-size container 0 as in Fig. 4, each container of an upper row resting with its lower edges a on the upper edges of the lower containers and engaging with its pad or pads a the open top of t e corresponding container in the lower row and servm thus as-closure for-the latter. Or if a arger size article, as a roast, is to be stored in the ice box, a large multiple container (1 may be used either as an underdish or platter, as in Fig. 8, on which smaller containers, either units a alone or units a and medium size containers a arranged close to each other may be mounted, or as cover on top of a row of such smaller containers, as shown in Fig. 7.}; In every case the pads a of the upper row of containers will fit more or less snugly in the .open top or tops of the lower container or containers.

The large multi le containers a by partitions a may be ivided into a number of compartments (Fig. 6) to conform in size with the units or medium size vessels. The

containers may eaoh be formed with projecting ribs (1 to serve as grasps.

While the containers can be advantageously used for ice boxes of the usualconstruction, I prefer to employ an Ice box whose storing space is so dimensioned as to substantially conform with the sizes of containers selected, i. e. is made itself a multiple of the units in depth, width and height, so

that it may be utilized to its'fullest extent for storing purposes- In order to provide proper circulation between adjacent containers, the latter may be formed with projecting ribs (1" (Fig. 5),

food in ice boxes or the like made in sets of different sizes, of which the smallest set form units and the larger sets are multiples of said units, each container being formed at its bottom with as many reduced portions or pads as the number of units it is a multiple of, the reduced portion of each container being peripherally shaped and sized to snugly fit in the open top of a unit container, whereby differently sized containers may interchangeably be stacked on top of one another and the upper ones serve as covers for the lower ones.

2. Open topped containers for storlng food in ice boxes or the like, made in different sizes, of which the'smallest sizes are units and the largest sizes multiples of said units, each container being formed at its bottom with as many pads as the number of units it is a multiple of, said pads being each adapted to snugly fit in the open top of a unit, and a grasp on each container.

3. Containers for storing food 1n ice boxes, made in sizes which are multiples of each other, each container having outwardly protruding pads at its bottom, which in number correspond to the number of size of the container andof which each is adapted to fit in the top of the smallest size container, so as to-allow said containers to be interchangeably placed on top of one another, each container having vmembers whereby adjacent containers will be spaced apart to-form air ducts between themselves.

4. Open topped containers for storing food made in different sizes of which the smallest sizes are units and the largest sizes multiples of said units, each container being formed with as many uniform means as the number of units it is a multiple of, said means being adapted to fit in the open top of a unit to cover the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FANNY FREY. 

